/usr/bin/X in x11-common package is "true" binary

[Alioth]

Installed x11-common Version: 1:7.1.1ubuntu6

When executing "/usr/bin/X --version" or "/usr/X11R6/bin/X --version" I get the following:

true (GNU coreutils) 5.96
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Jim Meyering.

Tried purging and reinstalling the x11-common package but got nowhere,

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

I assume /etc/X11/X is a symlink to /bin/true? If so, reinstalling xserver-xorg should fix it, though I'm not entirely sure how it would have gotten (and stayed) in this state without digging around a bit...

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Can you please report if this still occurs with Feisty or newer Ubuntu? Also, please attach your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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